Meet Josephine Baker in the flesh, as award-winning actress/playwright Sloan Robinson brings this fascinating woman to brilliant life.
“Baker was decorated for her undercover work for the French Resistance during World War II. She was a civil rights activist – refusing to perform for segregated audiences – and integrated the Las Vegas nightclubs. Baker adopted twelve children from around the work whom she called her ‘Rainbow Tribe.’
BANANAS combines drama, comedy and music to recount Baker’s rise from the slums of East St. Louis to the grand stages of Europe, returning to the Playhouse for two shows only in honor of Black History Month. Written and performed by actor, dancer, playwright, and producer Sloan Robinson, multiple NAACP theatre award winning actress – the 2001 NAACP theatre award for her po
rtrayal of Dorothy Dandridge in the one woman tour-de-force “Yesterday Came Too Soon…The Dorothy Dandridge Storyâ€
Produced by Do it Yourself Productions and Santa Monica Playhouse, BANANAS will be at the Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 4th StreetSat, in Santa Monica on February 16, 20138:00pm and Sunday February 17, 2013 3:00pm
For reservations ($20 all seats) and more information: http://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com
